Cité Soleil (English: Sun City) is an extremely impoverished and densely populated slum located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 residents, the majority of whom live in extreme poverty. The area is generally regarded as one of the largest and poorest slums of the Western Hemisphere. The area has virtually no sewers and has a poorly maintained open canal system that serves as its sewage system. Half of the houses of Cité Soleil are made of cement with a metal roof, half are made completely of scavenged material. An estimated 60 to 70% of houses have no access to a latrine.
Citè Soleil is home to Healing Haiti's Hope Church and School located in one of the poorest parts of Citè Soleil, Soleil 17.
Published Tue, Mar 01, 16. Written by Jeffrey Gacek.
Imagine the children of Cite Soleil having a place to know God, to be safe, to dream of a better life, to sit and breathe in hope. Imagine. Today we imagine no longer.
Most Haitian families are forced to choose between meeting basic needs and sending their children to school. As a result, nationwide, only 50% of children attend school. The statistics are even ...
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Aloude is a joyful woman, who fondly remembers jumping rope. She is 66 years old and has five children who live in Cite Soleil. She has lived in ...
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Amante Fifi lives Soleil 17, near the Hope Village campus. She lives in a house with four of her six children. She is originally from Petit-Goave. She loves being a member of Hope Church, and he...
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Ameta lives near Hope Village, and has one child and five grandchildren. She is an active member of Hope Church, who says she feels blessed by the messages our pastors preach each Sunday. She do...
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She is a 54-year-old who went blind eight years ago from glaucoma. She is married to Ohoracius Durocher. She has four children, however two have died. Her son Macinson helps out. Roseline was a ...
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Andeicha attends Hope School in Cite Soleil which is the poorest slum in Port-au-Prince. Hope School not only provides an excellent, Christ-centered education, but also a nutritious daily meal.&...
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Annie Kelysha attends Hope School in Cite Soleil which is the poorest slum in Port-au-Prince. Hope School not only provides an excellent, Christ-centered education, but also a nutritious daily m...
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Azelia is 66 years old. She has four children and eight grandchildren. She is an active member of Hope Church, and is grateful for the community and fellowship she receives there. She loves wors...
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Barack Daniory attends Hope School in Cite Soleil which is the poorest slum in Port-au-Prince. Hope School not only provides an excellent, Christ-centered education, but also a nutritious daily ...
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Beaubrun lives near Hope Village, and has four children and one grandchild. He enjoys being a member of Hope Church, and loves the sense of community he has as a part of the congregation. He is ...
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Bedson attends Hope School in Cite Soleil which is the poorest slum in Port-au-Prince. Hope School not only provides an excellent, Christ-centered education, but also a nutritious daily meal.&nb...
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Bendjina attends Hope School in Cite Soleil which is the poorest slum in Port-au-Prince. Hope School not only provides an excellent, Christ-centered education, but also a nutritious daily meal.&...
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According to UNICEF, only 30% of Haitians have access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Without clean water, even if they have food, children die from malnutrition because of parasi...
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Help Support Hope Church in Cite Soleil. Hope Church opened it's doors in February, 2016. It is a beacon of light in one of the poorest areas of Cite Soleil and provides hope through a relation...
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Hope School is located in Cite Soleil, Sun City, Haiti and is preparing to open its doors in the fall of 2016. Families in this area have little or no means to attend school and without education a...